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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sallie want to become?
(a) A housewife.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A business woman.
(d) A maid.

2. Why does Sallie come in?
(a) To say good-bye.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) To say hello.
(d) To visit with her father.

3. What is Bert telling everyone?
(a) His mother is not Cora.
(b) His last name is Norwood.
(c) He is not black.
(d) He is not Norwood's son.

4. For what does Cora plead with Bert?
(a) To go to his room.
(b) To move north.
(c) To be polite to the Colonel.
(d) To leave now.

5. How is Bert also riling up the white townspeople?
(a) That he is rich.
(b) By telling them that black people are better than white people.
(c) By driving recklessly and acting as "good as a white [man]."
(d) By sounding more educated than the white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora tell Bert the Colonel wants to do to him?

2. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?

3. As the action opens, what are Norwood and Cora discussing?

4. What tale does Bert tell Cora and William?

5. Who arrives as Sallie departs?

(see the answer key)

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